Kinji Akagawa: 2007 Distinguished Artist
November 2007 – Featuring essays about Akagawa’s influence as an artist and teacher, a chronology of his work and life, and original photographs.
Lou Bellamy: 2006 McKnight Distinguished Artist
November 2006 – Featuring essays about Bellamy’s influence as a theater artist, a chronology of his work and life, and original photographs.
Judy Onofrio: 2005 McKnight Distinguished Artist
November 2005 – Featuring essays about sculptor Onofrio’s artistic influence, a chronology of her work and life, and original photographs.
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski: 2004 McKnight Distinguished Artist
November 2004 – Featuring essays about Skrowaczewski’s influence as a conductor and composer, a chronology of his work and life, and original photographs.
Mike Lynch: 2003 McKnight Distinguished Artist
October 2003 – Featuring essays about Lynch’s influence as a painter, a chronology of his work and life, and original photographs and art.
Emilie Buchwald: 2002 McKnight Distinguished Artist
October 2002 – Featuring essays about Buchwald’s literary influence, a chronology of her work and life, and original photographs.
Dale Warland: 2001 McKnight Distinguished Artist
September 2001 – Featuring essays about Warland’s musical influence, a chronology of his work and life, and original photographs.
Robert Bly: 2000 Distinguished Artist
October 2000 Featuring essays about Bly’s work as a writer and poet, a chronology of his work and life, and original photographs.
Warren MacKenzie: 1999 Distinguished Artist
November 1999 – Featuring essays about MacKenzie’s influence as a ceramicist, a chronology of his work and life, and original photographs.